Botzlar Castle is one of the oldest buildings in Selm.
It is currently being renovated with the aim of turning it into a community center.
It will be a castle for the people here in Selm, which can then also be used for workshops or events and the local history association.

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Rapunzel

December 8, 2022

Hiking

The history of the defense system is probably related to the conversion of Cappenberg Castle into a Premonstratensian monastery in 1122. Botzlar Castle was probably intended to serve as a new protective castle for the town of Selm. The castle was mentioned in 1282. The Lords of Meinhövel and von Velen are named as former owners.

The complex had several moats, the innermost of which were only filled in in the 1960s.

The castle and the surrounding areas had their own manorial court, which merged with the bishop's Gogericht in Werne in the 15th century.

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Rinaldini

May 22, 2023

Cycling

Botzlar Castle was originally owned by the Lords of Meinhövel, who also called themselves von Botzlar from 1250. Its first explicit mention in written sources dates back to the year …

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